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The first world governments were form formative civilizations like the Indus Valley, the Moguls, Byzantium, etc. Next came the great empires or Egypt and Rome and later Great Britain. Finally, today's we see tower-states such as the USSR and the USA. Man is fascinated by socialization and community values and hence governance.
We wage wars to make peace, and then we make folklore out of these great events in world history, such as myth-tales of WWI soldiers claiming to be seeing angels from heaven in the war-assaulted battlefields of Europe. These folk-tales remind us how precious/valuable negotiating governance in times of great conflict or controversy are to our curious species.
Today, we see an exuberance of consumerism and how/why it's wed to lifestyle. Burger King, Wall Street, and MTV have made entertainment/consumption part of daily-life in America. This creates a new form of 'micro-governance' or customs/etiquette prioritization, a trend echoed in new age Hollywood (USA) films such as America's Sweethearts, 200 Cigarettes, and The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Today's social icons are media-moguls (e.g., Donald Trump) or even celebrities (Tom Hanks) who fashion culture out of pedestrian daydreams. In other words the social concept of a 'community network' has altered our perspective on 'society choreography/organization.' Does this make governance a new sort of experiment?
What will that mean for our pluralistic/capitalist America? Will media revolutionize etiquette (e.g., GQ)?
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Imagine a radical Algerian-American Internet-blogger named Ajay Satan is blogging constantly about the intrigue surrounding pornography/censorship in the modern age of media while dressing up in weird costumes himself, since he professes to be some kind of 'democracy-advocating vigilante.' Ajay is obviously representative of a new age social trend in self-expressive politics, the foundation of political theory for our 'selfie-society.' Imagine further that Ajay meets a TV-actress one day, perhaps someone such as the attractive and sharp Jessica Lowndes from Hallmark Channel holiday movies and decides to court a relationship with her. Jessica likes how Ajay was featured in the New Yorker magazine, and Ajay likes Jessica's investments in American pedestrian daydreams/consumerism/media. The two form a modernism symbolic 'media relationship' (perhaps comparable to yesteryear's more plebeian-politics couples such as Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw!).
In this modern inventive environment of 'self-expressive selfie' politics and passion-oriented political commentary, media is shaping the way we think of networks/networking, so consumers and politicians alike think seriously about the 'shape' of dialogue. We enjoy programs such as The People's Court, Dr. Phil, Beverly Hills 90210, and Modern Family. We're more conscious about this 'inventive' quality of sociocultural 'governance.' That makes this modern age quite...ornamental (and perhaps comparable to the lifestyle-dissection notions of the values-themed pantheon of life-advisory gods/avatars from Ancient Greece, no?).
So since consumerism and media is changing the way we conceive of customs and even dignity, we might consider why a European airline stewardess or an American comic book writer/artist speaks to this new age special fascination with behavior-driven values. Why, for example, do Americans celebrate the modern/21st Century wedding-instructional TV program Say Yes to the Dress?
If social governance is therefore being reinvented along the lines of media, networks, consumerism, fashion, political dialogue/commentary (e.g., CSPAN), and even cuisine (e.g., P.F. Chang's China Bistro), how should we Americans think of community imagination (in terms of trend IQ)? How many celebrities (such as Donald Trump) will consider life in politics?
Of course, Americans love toys and arguably make the best consumer goods/brands in the world. We lead the way in markets with Toys 'R Us, Energizer, McDonald's, and Microsoft. When we think of new age toys symbolic of modern political imagination/intrigue such as miniature transforming espionage-geared Transformers (Hasbro) robots who shape-shift into audio cassettes, we realize that this new age is all about 'networking aesthetics.'
Reinventing governance is no small feat, and the burden falls on today's students who will be tomorrow's leaders and policy-makers. Student 'Model UN' conferences at Harvard, multiculturalism conferences in Europe, and Vanity Fair student intern-work all reflect this modern species fascination with coordinating customs with ethics (and culture).
American comics such as Captain America (Marvel Comics) and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro/Marvel) explore modern youthful storytelling interests in governance-complexity, terrorism, and social values. The graphic/dramatic images presented in these patriotism-oriented modern comics represent an American/species interest in understanding/appreciating values/ethics in terms of governance modeling.
Who then are the new 'angels and demons' in this modern (21st Century) society of network/traffic driven values/customs? Are they folks like Martha Stewart and Hillary Clinton, or are they folks like Kobe Bryant and Dinesh D'Souza? Governance is changing, since we're interested in the 'customs of consumerism.' Since America leads the way in this 'magazine-world,' do Americans feel more obligated to be diplomats of aesthetics?
TRUMP: Have you seen American Made (Tom Cruise)?
CARTER: Yes, I have, Mr. President; it's about intelligence and traffic.
TRUMP: It's about narcotics flair in this emerged commercial world!
CARTER: I compare it to Traffic (Michael Douglas)!
TRUMP: Maybe media/networks are altering governance-rhetoric.
CARTER: Many believe that's true; Netflix feels like philosophy!
TRUMP: In a 'magazine-magistrate,' perhaps Ethan Hunt is king...
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We wage wars to make peace, and then we make folklore out of these great events in world history, such as myth-tales of WWI soldiers claiming to be seeing angels from heaven in the war-assaulted battlefields of Europe. These folk-tales remind us how precious/valuable negotiating governance in times of great conflict or controversy are to our curious species.
Today, we see an exuberance of consumerism and how/why it's wed to lifestyle. Burger King, Wall Street, and MTV have made entertainment/consumption part of daily-life in America. This creates a new form of 'micro-governance' or customs/etiquette prioritization, a trend echoed in new age Hollywood (USA) films such as America's Sweethearts, 200 Cigarettes, and The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Today's social icons are media-moguls (e.g., Donald Trump) or even celebrities (Tom Hanks) who fashion culture out of pedestrian daydreams. In other words the social concept of a 'community network' has altered our perspective on 'society choreography/organization.' Does this make governance a new sort of experiment?
What will that mean for our pluralistic/capitalist America? Will media revolutionize etiquette (e.g., GQ)?
====
Imagine a radical Algerian-American Internet-blogger named Ajay Satan is blogging constantly about the intrigue surrounding pornography/censorship in the modern age of media while dressing up in weird costumes himself, since he professes to be some kind of 'democracy-advocating vigilante.' Ajay is obviously representative of a new age social trend in self-expressive politics, the foundation of political theory for our 'selfie-society.' Imagine further that Ajay meets a TV-actress one day, perhaps someone such as the attractive and sharp Jessica Lowndes from Hallmark Channel holiday movies and decides to court a relationship with her. Jessica likes how Ajay was featured in the New Yorker magazine, and Ajay likes Jessica's investments in American pedestrian daydreams/consumerism/media. The two form a modernism symbolic 'media relationship' (perhaps comparable to yesteryear's more plebeian-politics couples such as Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw!).
In this modern inventive environment of 'self-expressive selfie' politics and passion-oriented political commentary, media is shaping the way we think of networks/networking, so consumers and politicians alike think seriously about the 'shape' of dialogue. We enjoy programs such as The People's Court, Dr. Phil, Beverly Hills 90210, and Modern Family. We're more conscious about this 'inventive' quality of sociocultural 'governance.' That makes this modern age quite...ornamental (and perhaps comparable to the lifestyle-dissection notions of the values-themed pantheon of life-advisory gods/avatars from Ancient Greece, no?).
So since consumerism and media is changing the way we conceive of customs and even dignity, we might consider why a European airline stewardess or an American comic book writer/artist speaks to this new age special fascination with behavior-driven values. Why, for example, do Americans celebrate the modern/21st Century wedding-instructional TV program Say Yes to the Dress?
If social governance is therefore being reinvented along the lines of media, networks, consumerism, fashion, political dialogue/commentary (e.g., CSPAN), and even cuisine (e.g., P.F. Chang's China Bistro), how should we Americans think of community imagination (in terms of trend IQ)? How many celebrities (such as Donald Trump) will consider life in politics?
Of course, Americans love toys and arguably make the best consumer goods/brands in the world. We lead the way in markets with Toys 'R Us, Energizer, McDonald's, and Microsoft. When we think of new age toys symbolic of modern political imagination/intrigue such as miniature transforming espionage-geared Transformers (Hasbro) robots who shape-shift into audio cassettes, we realize that this new age is all about 'networking aesthetics.'
Reinventing governance is no small feat, and the burden falls on today's students who will be tomorrow's leaders and policy-makers. Student 'Model UN' conferences at Harvard, multiculturalism conferences in Europe, and Vanity Fair student intern-work all reflect this modern species fascination with coordinating customs with ethics (and culture).
American comics such as Captain America (Marvel Comics) and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro/Marvel) explore modern youthful storytelling interests in governance-complexity, terrorism, and social values. The graphic/dramatic images presented in these patriotism-oriented modern comics represent an American/species interest in understanding/appreciating values/ethics in terms of governance modeling.
Who then are the new 'angels and demons' in this modern (21st Century) society of network/traffic driven values/customs? Are they folks like Martha Stewart and Hillary Clinton, or are they folks like Kobe Bryant and Dinesh D'Souza? Governance is changing, since we're interested in the 'customs of consumerism.' Since America leads the way in this 'magazine-world,' do Americans feel more obligated to be diplomats of aesthetics?
TRUMP: Have you seen American Made (Tom Cruise)?
CARTER: Yes, I have, Mr. President; it's about intelligence and traffic.
TRUMP: It's about narcotics flair in this emerged commercial world!
CARTER: I compare it to Traffic (Michael Douglas)!
TRUMP: Maybe media/networks are altering governance-rhetoric.
CARTER: Many believe that's true; Netflix feels like philosophy!
TRUMP: In a 'magazine-magistrate,' perhaps Ethan Hunt is king...
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